How Does Dickens Create Tension In Chapter 1
‘Great expectations’
Having read ‘Great Expectations’ how effective is the opening chapter? Discuss the methods Dickens used to ensure his readers continuing interest.
‘Great Expectations’ tells the story of Pip, a young orphaned boy from a poor background who has the ambition to become a gentleman. Which he is given by a mystery benefactor to become the man he has always wanted to. We travel with Pip on his journey to become a gentle which in turn is a voyage of self discovery as he learns that what he may desire the most may not necessarily be what he needs.
Charles Dickens wrote ‘Great Expectations’ in the 19th century. Dickens was one of the key social commentators of the time; born in 1812 he came from a modest background although he and his family experienced both moderate wealth and crushing poverty, the latter a result of his fathers overspending to retain social standing. ‘Great Expectations’ was written in 1861, Britain at that time was a country of change; profits gained overseas from The British Empire and from industrial improvements at home ensured the growth and success of the country. This time also saw the introduction of the middle classes; individuals who were for the first time able …show more content…
Dickens uses adjectives to help create the fear a good example of this is “A man who has been soaked in water and smothered in mud, and lamed by stones, and cut by flints, and stung by nettles, and torn by briars” These adjectives help the reader to picture Magwitch a a big scary tough man. Dickens has described him as “pirate” looking. All these adjectives add to the fear because without them we would not be scared of Magwitch as he could be weak as well if not for the adjectives. Dickens also uses humor in this chapter “I wish I was a frog, or eel!” I believe that Dickens has used humor here to show the start of a long friendship between Pip and
Having read ‘Great Expectations’ how effective is the opening chapter? Discuss the methods Dickens used to ensure his readers continuing interest.
‘Great Expectations’ tells the story of Pip, a young orphaned boy from a poor background who has the ambition to become a gentleman. Which he is given by a mystery benefactor to become the man he has always wanted to. We travel with Pip on his journey to become a gentle which in turn is a voyage of self discovery as he learns that what he may desire the most may not necessarily be what he needs.
Charles Dickens wrote ‘Great Expectations’ in the 19th century. Dickens was one of the key social commentators of the time; born in 1812 he came from a modest background although he and his family experienced both moderate wealth and crushing poverty, the latter a result of his fathers overspending to retain social standing. ‘Great Expectations’ was written in 1861, Britain at that time was a country of change; profits gained overseas from The British Empire and from industrial improvements at home ensured the growth and success of the country. This time also saw the introduction of the middle classes; individuals who were for the first time able …show more content…
Dickens uses adjectives to help create the fear a good example of this is “A man who has been soaked in water and smothered in mud, and lamed by stones, and cut by flints, and stung by nettles, and torn by briars” These adjectives help the reader to picture Magwitch a a big scary tough man. Dickens has described him as “pirate” looking. All these adjectives add to the fear because without them we would not be scared of Magwitch as he could be weak as well if not for the adjectives. Dickens also uses humor in this chapter “I wish I was a frog, or eel!” I believe that Dickens has used humor here to show the start of a long friendship between Pip and